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ForestCup nestMedium · 62 g
What the Eastern Whipbird sounds like
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A slim bird some 26–30 cm (10–12 in) in length and 47–72 grams (1.7–2.5 oz) in weight, it is olive green with a black head and breast. It has a small black crest with a white cheek-patch on its face. It has a paler abdomen with a long dark olive-green tail tipped with white. The iris is brown and bill is black with blackish feet. The male is slightly larger than the female. Juveniles are a duller olive-brown and lack the white cheek stripes and dark throat. The eastern whipbird is generally shy, and is heard much more often than seen.
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When to see the Eastern Whipbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eastern Whipbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Japan.
About the Eastern Whipbird
The eastern whipbird is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia. Its whip-crack song is a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Heard much more often than seen, it is dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white cheek patch and a crest. The male and female are similar in plumage.
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Easily confused with
Chirruping WedgebillPsophodes cristatusThe chirruping wedgebill is a medium-sized bird, measuring approximately 18–21 cm and weighing 31-64 g.
Chiming WedgebillPsophodes occidentalisThe male chiming wedgebill weighs 38-45 grams and the female chiming wedgebill weighs 30-36 grams.
Western WhipbirdPsophodes nigrogularisThe western whipbird is a slim bird some 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) in length.
Side by side: Chirruping Wedgebill vs Eastern Whipbird
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